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American conchology; or, Descriptions of the shells of North America (1830-[38?])

Author: Say, Thomas, 1787-1834; Conrad, T. A. (Timothy Abbott), 1803-1877; Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927, former owner; Lea, Isaac, 1792-1886, former owner; Henderson, J. B. (John Brooks), 1870-1923, former owner; Udall, Chas. E., former owner; Peet, Edmond N., former owner; Ward, Eveline, inscriber
Subject: Mollusks -- North America
Publisher: New Harmony, Ind. : Printed at the School Press
Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
Language: English
Call number: 39088006755102
Digitizing sponsor: Smithsonian
Book contributor: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Collection: biodiversity; smithsonian; americana
Scanfactors: 2

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SCNHRB copy 39088006755102 has William Healey Dall bookplate; bound in quarter calf with marbled boards, front and back boards detached, ms leaves bound at front; lacks glossary

SCNHRB copy 39088005940028 has William Healy Dall bookplate and Dept. of Moll. Lea Coll. and National Institute stamps; re-bound in burgandy buckram with plates at front and part wrappers at back

SCNHRB has 4 copies with various holdings; see item records for holdings

SCNHRB copy 39088006755102 has William Healey Dall bookplate; bound in quarter calf with marbled boards, front and back boards detached, ms leaves bound at front; lacks glossary

SCNHRB copy 39088006754816 has ink ms provenance on t.p. "Roswell March" and "Chas E. Udall Dubuque Iowa", and pencil ms. notes on free end paper facing t.p.; part wrappers lacking; re-bound in black institutional binding

SCNHRB copy 39088005940028 has William Healy Dall bookplate and Dept. of Moll. Lea Coll. and National Institute stamps; re-bound in burgandy buckram with plates at front and part wrappers at back

SCNHRB copy 39088005940010 has John Brooks Henderson bookplate, and ms. ink inscription on t.p. "Rev Edmond N Peet, from Mrs Eveline[?] Ward widow of Cyrus Ward..."; plates and text are re-bound out of sequence (in systematic order?); lacking glossary and part wrappers; re-bound in burgandy buckram

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